MARSHALL COUNTY, Alabama - An Albertville man pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Marshall County Circuit Court today in the August 2012 stabbing death of a Horton man, according to District Attorney Steve Marshall.

Sean Ray Blanks, 40, of 2387 Blessing Road was initially charged with murder after 37-year-old Billy Wayne Glassco Jr. died of stab wounds after a fight at a home on Williams Bend Road in the Martling community, authorities said. Blanks was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Authorities had been searching for Blanks for failing to register as a sex offender when the stabbing occurred. He was tracked and arrested for murder a few days later. Blanks was also charged with buying and receiving stolen property in December of 2013. In March, he was also charged with aggravated assault on a police officer during an altercation in the jail.